Rethinking Rent: Ownership Through Community Care (Full)

Solving America's Problems · Aug 13, 2026 · 1h 3m

22.6 million U.S. households now pay more for housing than they can afford, and the average home costs five times the average salary. Sam Froerer, who co-owns thousands of apartment units through Compass Capital, has never owned his own home himself. He tells hosts Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley that the industry treats tenants like a commodity, and the top 50 owners control under 11% of it. He's building a model where a slice of every rent check turns residents into fractional owners of the building itself.

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(00:00) 22.6 million households – can't actually afford…